No external sports director
CEO Alexander Wehrle from VfB Stuttgart wants to clarify the future of sports director Sven Mislintat after the current transfer phase. “We said from the start that we have a relatively demanding transfer period ahead of us and that we will focus everything on that during this time,” said the 47-year-old at the training camp in Weiler-Simmerberg on Friday. “When the transfer period is over, we will deal with Sven’s contract and maybe add one or the other topic for the new season.” The sports director’s contract is still valid for one year.
Mislintat joined VfB in April 2019. Since then he has signed players for €60.75 million, compared to sales for €129.4 million. Among other things, he was responsible for the million-dollar departures of Benjamin Pavard (for 35 million euros to FC Bayern) and Nicolás González (for 24.5 million euros to AC Florenz).
With Kimmich, Werner & Co.: The most expensive sales of VfB Stuttgart
21 – Fredi Bobic | 1999/00 for €5.75 million to BVB
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Status: Season 2021/22
20 – Matthew Sammer | 1992/93 for €6m to Inter Milan
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18 – Jurgen Klinsmann | 1989/90 for €6.5m to Inter Milan
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18 – Giovane Elber | 1997/98 for €6.5m to Bayern Munich
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17 – Kevin Kuranyi | 2005/06 for €6.9 million to Schalke 04
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16 – Bernd Leno | 2011/12 for €7.5m to Bayer Leverkusen
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15 – Joshua Kimmich | 2015/16 for €8.5m to Bayern Munich
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13 – Christian Trasch | 2011/12 for €9 million to VfL Wolfsburg
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13 – Antonio Ruediger | 2016/17 for €9m to AS Roma
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11 – Timo Baumgartl | 2019/20 for €10m to PSV Eindhoven
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11 – Santiago Ascacibar | 2019/20 for €10 million to Hertha BSC
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8 – Daniel Ginczek | 2018/19 for €14 million to VfL Wolfsburg
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8 – Filip Kostic | 2016/17 for €14m to Hamburger SV
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8 – Sami Khedira | 2010/11 for €14m to Real Madrid
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5 – Gregory Kobel | 2021/22 for €15m to Borussia Dortmund
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5 – Aleksandr Hleb | 2005/06 for €15m to Arsenal
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5 – Ozan Kabak | 2019/20 for €15m to Schalke 04
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4 – Timo Werner | 2016/17 for €22.2m to RB Leipzig
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3 – Nicolas Gonzalez | 2021/22 for €23.5m to Fiorentina
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2 – Mario Gomez | 2009/10 for €30m to Bayern Munich
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“Under no circumstances will we implement an external sports director,” Wehrle continued. The supervisory board sees it the same way he does. Wehrle returned to Stuttgart from 1. FC Köln in the spring and took over the posts of chairman of the board and sports director from his predecessor Thomas Hitzlsperger. He left open whether he would keep the dual role in the future.
Wehrle announces further transfers at VfB Stuttgart
In addition, the CEO (quoted via “picture“) further changes. “With Vagnoman and Perea we made transfers without selling players. This shows that we are economically viable. If nothing else happens, we’ll start the new season with a very strong team. But it is clear that there is still a lot to do.” Fees of EUR 6.1 million were due for the two professionals. Another €3.8m was added for the permanent signings of central defenders Konstantinos Mavropanos and Hiroki Ito (see statistics).
Last season, VfB had to tremble about staying in the Bundesliga until the last matchday. Therefore, for 2022/23, according to Wehrle, “the clear goal (…) is to stay in the league. With Schalke and Bremen, two traditional clubs will be added, and these will be intense games. Last year in Cologne I saw what it takes to survive a difficult situation. That will give us an emotional boost.”
With Mané, Götze & Co.: These Bundesliga top transfers are fixed for 2022/23
These top transfers are already fixed for the 2022/23 Bundesliga season
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Transfer fee and market value, including free transfers, are taken into account in this gallery. The higher number is decisive for the ranking.
(as of July 8, 2022)
Ermedin Demirovic – SC Freiburg -> FC Augsburg – market value: €6m
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Free transfer in exchange for Augsburg’s Michael Gregoritsch (market value: €4.5 million)
Stefan Ortega – Arminia Bielefeld -> Manchester City – market value: €6m
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Free transfer
Filip Uremovic – Rubin Kazan -> Hertha BSC – market value: €6M
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Free transfer
Niklas Stark – Hertha BSC -> Werder Bremen – market value: €6.5M
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Free transfer
Jordan Siebatcheu – Young Boys -> Union Berlin – market value: €7M
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Transfer fee: €6 million (up to €8 million possible through bonuses)
Anthony Caci – Racing Strasbourg -> Mainz – market value: €7M
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Free transfer
John Anthony Brooks – leaves VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €7m
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Free transfer
Bartol Franjic – Dinamo Zagreb -> VfL Wolfsburg – fee: €7.5M
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Market value: €4.5 million
Grischa Prömel – Union Berlin -> TSG Hoffenheim – market value: €7.5M
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Free transfer
Lucas Alario – Bayer 04 -> Eintracht – market value: €8m
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Transfer fee: €6 million
Patrick Wimmer – Arminia -> VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €8M
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Transfer fee: €4.1 million
Ritsu Doan – PSV Eindhoven -> SC Freiburg – fee: €8.5M
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Market value: €8 million
Dan-Axel Zagadou – leaves BVB – market value: €9m
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Free transfer
Kristijan Jakic – D. Zagreb -> Eintracht (after loan) – market value: €9M
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Transfer fee: €3.5 million
Mario Götze – PSV Eindhoven -> Eintracht – market value: €10M
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Transfer fee: €4 million
Jakub Kaminski – Lech Poznan -> VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €10m
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Armel Bella-Kotchap – VfL Bochum -> Southampton – market value: €10M
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Marc Roca – Bayern Munich -> Leeds United – fee: €12M
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Market value: 7 million
Jens Petter Hauge – Milan -> Eintracht (after loan) – fee: €12M
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Market value: 8 million
Salih Özcan – 1. FC Köln -> BVB – market value: €13M
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Transfer fee: €5 million
Corentino Tolisso – leaves FC Bayern – market value: €15m
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Free transfer
Konstantinos Mavropanos – Arsenal -> VfB (after loan) – market value: €15m
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Purchase option: €3.2 million
Breel Embolo – Gladbach -> AS Monaco – market value: €15M
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Transfer fee: €12.5 million
Randal Kolo Muani – Nantes -> Eintracht – market value: €16M
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Free transfer
Jeremiah St. Juste – Mainz -> Sporting – market value: €16M
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Transfer fee: €9.5 million
Florian Grillitsch – leaves Hoffenheim – market value: €16m
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Free transfer
Hee-chan Hwang – RB Leipzig -> Wolves (after loan) – fee: €16.7m
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Market value: €16 million
Matthias Ginter – Gladbach -> SC Freiburg – market value: €18M
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Free transfer
Adam Hlozek – Sparta Prague -> Bayer 04 – market value: €20M
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Transfer fee: €13 million (possible through bonuses of up to €13.5 million)
Noussair Mazraoui – Ajax -> FC Bayern – market value: €20M
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Free transfer
Taiwo Awoniyi – Union -> Nottingham – fee: €20.5M
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Market value: €20 million
Xaver Schlager – VfL Wolfsburg -> RB Leipzig – market value: €27M
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Transfer fee: €12 million
Nico Schlotterbeck – Freiburg -> BVB – market value: €33m
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Transfer fee: €20 million
Niklas Süle – FC Bayern -> BVB – market value: €35m
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Free transfer
Karim Adeyemi – RB Salzburg -> BVB – market value: €35m
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Transfer fee: €30 million
Ryan Gravenberch – Ajax -> FC Bayern – market value: €35m
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Transfer fee: €18.5 million (possible through bonuses of up to €24 million)
Sadio Mané – Liverpool -> FC Bayern – market value: €70M
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Transfer fee: €32 million (up to €39 million possible through bonuses)
Erling Haaland – BVB -> Man City – market value: €150m
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Transfer fee: €60 million
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